Florida-based Danny Thomas: 'The Spurs boys will love Orlando!'

Now 55 and working as a physiotherapist in Florida, Danny played at right-back as we took on Anderlecht in the second leg of that famous 1984 European showpiece at the Lane – a game considered by many to have been one of the defining moments of our 118-year tenure inside that historic ground.

The sight of stand-in skipper Graham Roberts lifting the trophy understandably lives long in the memory for everyone of a Spurs persuasion, but the sound of the 46,258-strong crowd rallying behind Danny following his heart-wrenching miss in the penalty shootout with a stunning rendition of ‘there’s only one Danny Thomas’ was also recalled in so many fans’ accounts in the run-up to this past May’s White…